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about it. This insect is not a new one, and while one lot might 

 be hurt by its depredations another lot, perhaps only a mile away, 

 would be all right. He said that he thought it would be no worse 

 in planted areas than it was under native conditions. The only 

 thing to be done, in most cases, was to cut out the leader, which 

 seems to be part of the tree mostly affected and burn it. It was 

 not necessary to be alarmed about the danger from the pine tree 

 weevil. 



'Sir. Wheeler remarked upon the value of the wood of the white 

 and yellow willows for which he found a ready market on the spot 

 at $8.00 a cord. It was considered very desirable for charcoal in 

 the manufacture of gunpowder. 



Robert Cameron said that in this country we have not made 

 such progress in the science of forestry as has been made in the old 

 world, especially in Germany, England, and Scotland. In Scot- 

 land there are probably 100,000 acres of planted forests, all started 

 from two-year-old seedlings. They never plant the seeds directly 

 but transplant the seedlings about six feet apart. It was necessary 

 to have plants with fil)rous roots for successful transplanting, and 

 this can only be obtained by several transplantings from the seed. 



Prof. Rane remarked that conditions in this country were very 

 different from those of Europe. The item of the cost of labor was 

 an important matter in favor of European forestry work. 



In reply to a question as to when trees should be thinned Prof. 

 Rane said that it was the usual practice here to thin when the tree 

 is large enough to pay for the thinning. 



Theodore F. Borst said that he was much interested in the sub- 

 ject of fore-st planting in this country. The use of wild seedlings 

 was once advocated but the supply obtainable was wholly inade- 

 quate for commercial demands, and we now have to depend upon 

 nursery-grown stock which we can buy cheaper than we can ob- 

 tain the wild seedlings. The sown forest is more difficult to manage 

 than the planted forest. The spacing of trees depends upon the 

 conditions of the ground to be covered, ordinarily he recommended 

 10 by 10 feet. 



William N. Craig inquired if the lecturer could give an example, 

 as an object lesson, of a piece of land in any part of the state that 

 had been planted with seedlings with a view to a timber crop for 

 profit. 



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